Should You Invest in Mutual Funds?

Bill Gates probably doesn’t invest in mutual funds (funds), maybe because most of his money is tied up in Microsoft stock.  Warren Buffet made his billions by managing investments, so he does not need their help, either.  But, if you have money to invest and don’t really know how to invest and manage an investment [...]

Should I switch from American Funds to Fidelity?

I am 36. Have $16K in American Balanced Fund class B shares, started in 2005. I was naive when I got into it and now am hearing bad things about loaded American Funds that they don’t perform any better than non loaded funds like Fidelity or Vanguard. It is a Roth IRA and I have [...]

american funds vs vanguard indexes over time?

i have most of my mutual ira funds through american funds. my question is that over the period of 30 years, contributing 5k a year i would pay about $8600 just in loads to get into these funds. is it possible that these could outperform a variety of vanguard index funds even after paying the [...]

What would be a good portfolio for a ROTH IRA for a 30 year old using ONLY “American Funds” mutual funds?

“american funds” was the only option offered through employer sponsered Roth plan
“american funds” was the only option offered through employer sponsered Roth plan

american funds ira question?

i know that the max annual contribution is 5,000 per year to an ira or ira mutual fund. my question is can someone ’start’ an ira with any amount? if not, why does american funds, in particular, have a chart showing the sales charge that you would pay upfront when investing any amount from 5,000 [...]

is the min amount that you invest different for IRA’s or AIP’s the fund? For American Funds?

And what is the min for additional contributions?

American funds Roth IRA?

Im getting a small $1000 IRA with American funds, I was talking to one of there people and they told me some good companies and stuff to invest in. But im not really in the know with investing so I was wondering what funds should I invest in? I was looking at $500 Smallcap and [...]

I have an IRA in american funds that have been loosing money,should i keep it or bank the money.?

4 sections each funds A 1=New perspective 2=Smallcap world fund 3=investment company of America 4= American Balanced ,in recent months they have been loosing money in october 2007 it was 8,100.00 in april 2008 down to 7,200.00 what advice do you have.

What should I do about my roth IRA with American Funds that is losing $400 a month?

Can I just withdraw it? There’s only a few thousand left.